Pitt’s Board of Trustees approved a 3 percent tuition increase as part of a $1.94 billion operating budget during a public executive committee meeting Friday at Posvar Hall.

The 3 percent tuition increase at Pitt’s main campus for both in- and out-of-state students reflects an agreement made by administrators from Pennsylvania’s public universities to keep tuition increases under the inflation rate of 3.2 percent after the Pennsylvania State Legislature approved an operating budget maintaining state appropriations from the last fiscal year.

The Board of Trustees also approved a 2 percent increase in tuition for Pitt’s regional campuses in Greensburg, Johnstown, Bradford and Titusville. These increases, in addition to the 3 percent increase at Pitt’s main campus, produce a University-wide blended tuition increase of 2.8 percent.

For members of the Board of Trustees, the decision of the state legislature to maintain Pitt’s $136 million appropriation was relieving­, especially after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett proposed a state budget that included $41.7 million in cuts toward Pitt’s state appropriations.

Last year, following a 19 percent reduction in state funds to the University, Pitt raised tuition 8.5 percent for READ MORE